Khirbat al-Majdal

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Khirbat al-Majdal
Khirbat al-Majdal
Arabic
Subdistrict Tulkarm
Coordinates 32°23′38.85″N 34°56′14.6″E / 32.3941250°N 34.937389°E / 32.3941250; 34.937389Coordinates: 32°23′38.85″N 34°56′14.6″E / 32.3941250°N 34.937389°E / 32.3941250; 34.937389
Population
Area
Date of depopulation March 1, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation

Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km north of Tulkarm.

Khirbat al-Majdal had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today Sde Yitzchaq is located near the village lands.

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